Sam Kumar Sachdev

Do you have a link to a data set verifying this claim? (Btw, I do know that it's true I just want a link to a data set that Google may not link to.)

Washington Post Co. Sells Newspaper and Keeps Kaplan Kaplan Inc., now makes up a larger portion of the Washington Post Company, which Monday announced the sale of The Washington Post for $250 million to Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon.com.

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This was why it was profitable. When Bezos bought it, it had an operating loss of about $40 mil. It now has one of $100 mil. That is, nothing has changed -- except that Bezos didn't buy the profitable part of the company:

www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2...

1/ (Haven't read the article.) A reminder: the Washington Post was sold to Bezos without Kaplan Higher Ed. That is, the latter made up half of the revenue and ALL of the profits of the Post, before Bezos. In other words, the Washington Post used to be a test prep company w/a newspaper.

McPherson College - Wikipedia

McPherson College is a small college -- about 800 students -- in Kansas (a state in the US). On its Wikipedia page, under notable alumni, Duane Earl Pope is listed. He was, according to this page, a "convicted bank robber and murderer. Briefly on the FBI 10 Most Wanted List":

YouTube video by Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan Inside Baltimore's Safest Year in History

2025 is going to be Baltimore's safest, especially regarding homicides, in its history:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQs5...

If this is disprovable through data, would JD change his opinion and then search for the (true) causes of why housing is expensive?

(Yes, this is meant ironically.)

Traffic collisions in India - Wikipedia

You should have included the data from India! What's (very) surprising is that, using data from '23, it has 12.5 road injuries per 100k people. In other words, it's only slightly higher than the US!

If you've ever driven in India, this statistic should shock you.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic...

YouTube video by The Bulwark Democrats Just Had Their Best Night in YEARS

84% of women, under 35, voted for Mamdani:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=j45t...

According to exit polling, a majority of Jews and Catholics voted against Mamdani. If Mamdani wins with over 50%, this could reshape future mayoral elections in NYC.

According to exit polling, a majority of Jews and Catholics voted against him. If he maintains a winning percentage above 50%, this mayoral race could redefine future mayoral races in NYC.

YouTube video by Vox Why obvious lies make great propaganda

Day 2230 of why obvious lies make great propaganda (referring to Trump):

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nknY...

A quick logic puzzle:

If you're running a (foot) race and are in 3rd position, you then pass the runner in the 2nd position. Which position are you now in?

Error function - Wikipedia

2/ There however is a solution using a definite integral. This is called the error function. That is, one solution to an integral has its own name and set of theorems:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error_f...

1/ I just discovered this -- and can't believe I just did. There is no solution to the following: find the integral from infinity to minus infinity of e^((-z^2)/2)dz, where z is any real number.

Specifically, it's been proven that there's no solution to this indefinite integral.

YouTube video by Trinity College in the University of Toronto Margaret MacMillan Lecture featuring Prof. Benjamin Carter Hett

An insightful, intelligent talk from an historian of 20th century German history on the parallels between Trump, the GOP and Hitler's regime. More broadly, the talk is about when history can be interpreted literally and when it can't:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7FY...

Happy Diwal!

How Wingtech became the latest cautionary tale in the US-China tech war Some analysts link seizure of subsidiary by Dutch authorities to new rule issued by the US Bureau of Industry and Security.

2/That is, this could motivate the CCP to retaliate against the US by restricting rare earth imports.

In any case, this news story is not getting headlines in the US but it has the potential to greatly influence the trade war between the US and China.

www.scmp.com/tech/tech-wa...

1/Nexperia is a 100% Chinese-owned company based in the Netherlands. It makes semiconductors primarily for cars. Last week, the Dutch gov't nationalized it. That is, they formally took over ownership of the company. Why? It seems to be because of US pressure.

This has the potential to blowup.

HEARTLESS LOVE: CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM IN APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA AND TRUMP’S AMERICA — Earth and Altar Many Americans refer to “Christian nationalism” as a new threat, but the concept has deep and unsavory roots in South African history. (1) In the 20th century, the Afrikaners—white descendants of 17...

South Africa's apartheid system was designed according to Christian teachings and Christian nationalism -- and Afrikaner nationalism. My point: Christianity has been -- and likely will be -- a force against its core values:

earthandaltarmag.com/posts/heartl...

Worth considering: tariff revenue is log-linear -- not linear. That is, as tariff revenue increases, Americans will change their behavior to avoid them and therefore they'll decrease. Or, the longer the tariffs are in place, the revenue generated logarithmically decreases.

📽️ WATCH: Epidemiologist Erin McCanlies spent much of the past 20 years studying how parents’ exposure to toxic chemicals affects the chances that they will have an autistic child.

RFK Jr. cut her entire division — yet promises to identify the causes of autism by September: https://propub.li/4nhXQua

Worth pointing out: the same poll (AP) was held in June. Then, 70% of Republicans said the country was on the right track. Now, in September, the percentage has dropped to 50%. Yet, his approval rating amongst Republicans (in the same poll) is unchanged.

YouTube video by Associated Press More Republicans say US is headed in the wrong direction, poll finds

According to the latest AP poll, there's been a significant drop in Republicans who say the country is on the wrong track. In June 70% thought the country was on the right track. This month, September, it fell to 50%. Also noteworthy, this didn't change Trump's approval rating:

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This is posted on a San Francisco billboard: https: // {64659, 123310, 75584, 8138, 38271}

These are tokenizers (token id's). So, a brute force approach is needed to map the text to the lexical token.

Didn't know these were token id's. Googled it. After that, it was straight forward. Disappointed.

How popular is Donald Trump? Silver Bulletin approval ratings for President Trump — and all presidents since Truman.

2/...why is there a large difference between the two averages?

www.natesilver.net/p/trump-appr...

1/According to this average of presidential approval ratings, Trump is -7.5%. Here, however, is approval rating for:

Immigration: -3.4%
Economy: -14.1%
Trade: -18.9%
Inflation: -30.4%

This averages to -16.7%. Obviously, a weighted average can be used to get -7.5%. The question is...

No.

What's the point of publishing a poll, such as this, which most likely can be statistically classified as an outlier? I mean, I assume that this poll cost many thousands of dollars to do. Why spend the money when 1) the result is predictable 2) all your others polls are also outliers.

Trump may not realize this but his actions may set the precedent for Democrats trying to take Fox News off the air in 2029 -- assuming the obvious.